Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,005, John Glass, Mass.

SERVICE
Glass, John
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 8.37.005
CONTENTS

6176 Maine
John Glap - private Capt Derby Massachusetts line - 3 years in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Jan'y 1819. and del d R. C. Vose As perst claimer.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 4 mo 25/30 - 38.66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48.00 $ 86.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Litchfield
Continued
Notification sent December 20. 1818 R. C. Vose, Augusta, Maine

John Glap. Litchfield,
Pr. Col. Bailey's Mas. Reg.
✓ 1777. to 1780
April 10. 1818
Admitted

Kennebec Co
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On the twenty first day of May A D 1818 John Neal Esq within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed
Before me,
Nathan Weston Jun Chief Justice C. Court Com Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that John Glass  Litchfield , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the tenth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston Jun C. Just. C. C. C. Pleas 2 East. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "Thomas Davis". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned to the right of the date.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I John Glapp, a citizen of the U. States, aged sixty two years, born in Berwick, Maine, but now resident in Litchfield, Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that after having served as a private in the first years service, I again enlisted as a private soldier Feb'y. 1777, for the period of three years, in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establish- ment in Capt Samuel Darby's company, Col. Bailey's regiment, Massachusetts line. This period I fully served out, and was finally and honorably discharged from the army Feb'y. 1780 at West Point. My discharge, I have since lost, and it is not now to my knowledge in existence. I was in battle at Bemis's heights, and at Monmouth. From my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge boone on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
John his  mark Glapp

10 Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln G
On the tenth day of April A D 1818 John Glasp also named after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him signed, the same having been first distinctly read to him
Before me,
Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice of Court of Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Neal of Litchfield in the District of Maine of lawful age upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with the above named. From his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth — I have understood in years past that he served in the Continental army, and fully believe that he served as he has above stated —
John Neal

36.
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70 John Glap
N o 6176
[Faint, illegible signature or mark]
Declaration is to be made in the court of the county, where the defendant resides.
6176 March 1829 P. 6. V. 1. Augusta, Maine.
James J. Linsell Esq. Attorney for the Plaintiff
August 2nd 1829.
James J. Linsell
Attorney at Law, Coffin's Block
a true copy John Nat. Coffin Esq. Clerk

Subscribed sworn to and declared both the oath and the schedule on the first day of June 1820. Before me Nathan Weston Junior C.S. C.C.C. Pleas
A true copy
Attest J. M. Davis Clerk

Copy
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this First day of June , 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Jun. Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Glaps aged sixty four years, resident in ITCHFIELD in the County of Lincoln within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Derby and Regiment commanded by Colonel Bray of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of
Three years was in both the Battle at the taking of Burgoyne and the Battle of Monmouth
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the tenth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6175 . And I, the said John Glaps do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Witness J. Nichols
John his Glaps mark
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz :
One horse of the value of fifteen dollars - One cow of the value of fifteen dollars - One yoke of young oxen of the value of forty dollars - One swain of the value of five dollars - Old household stuff, besides necessary bedding, not exceeding the value of ten dollars - Farming utensils of the value of the value of five dollars - I have no debts due to me that can be collected and over as much as one hundred dollars, the income derived from the above property, deducting the interest I pay does not exceed five dollars a year - My occupation is that of a farmer; but from age and infirmity, and being subject to the rheumatism, am able to labor very little - My family at home consists of myself and my wife Elizabeth, very infirm, and has not enjoyed health for fourteen years past -
Except the foregoing and my necessary clothing and bedding I have no estate or income whatever -
Witness J. Nichols
John his Glaps mark

37005 INVALID. Rev
File No. 37005
John Glass Dr Rev Mr
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 155
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine.
I Nathl. Coffin Clerk, for the County of Lincoln of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is
Ninety dollars and  not cents, and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is dollars and Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirtieth day of August 1820.
Nathl. Coffin Clerk of said Court for the County of Lincoln

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
July 6 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that John Glass served as a Soldier in Capt.  the second Company, and Col. Bailey's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from July 10 1777 to July 10 1780, being three years and months.
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.